"wit" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

wit sustantivo

sustantivo + wit
Kolokacji: 6
rapier wit • acid wit • De Wit • Antoni Wit • trademark wit • ...
wit + verbo
Kolokacji: 4
wit makes • wit comes • wit helps • wit begins
verbo + wit
Kolokacji: 17
keep one's wits • use one's wits • lose one's wits • match wits • know for one's wit • ...
adjetivo + wit
Kolokacji: 57
quick wit • dry wit • sharp wit • sly wit • great wit • ...
collocations grouped by meanings
Grup znaczeniowych: 15
(1) quick, ready, clever, nimble
Kolokacji: 4
(2) dry, wry, ironic, droll
Kolokacji: 4
(8) verbal, slow, dim
Kolokacji: 3
1. verbal wit = ustny dowcip verbal wit
2. slow wit = rozwlekły dowcip slow wit
  • He searched the little book closely, cursing himself for his slow wits.
  • He was an aging man with slow wits and bad reflexes.
  • My slow wits hadn't seen that at first, but Feather's skills would solve that puzzle.
  • And the dorg had a fine slow wit as shown in the comic strip dialogue balloons.
  • His slow wit is often preyed upon by other characters who use him to their own purposes.
  • She watched the slow wit of the perpetual drunk try to work it out and fail, and pity returned.
  • Because of his slow wits, she has kept him in school despite his being a grown man, older than the other students.
  • But trouble follows Joseph wherever he goes, including the monastery, because of his slow wits.
  • "May I never miss the easy way because of slow wit."
  • Pretty face and slow wits, he thought, and patted her cheek.
3. dim wit = ciemne poczucie humoru dim wit
(9) wicked, playful, mischievous
Kolokacji: 3
(10) lively, irreverent
Kolokacji: 2
(11) genuine, real, legendary
Kolokacji: 3
(12) natural, musical, lacerating
Kolokacji: 3
(13) razor-sharp, pointed
Kolokacji: 2
(14) savage, cynical, malicious
Kolokacji: 3
(15) delicate, brittle
Kolokacji: 2
preposición + wit
Kolokacji: 12
to wit • of wit • with wit • for one's wit • out of one's wits • ...

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